Author, journalist and literary editor for The Spectator, Sam Leith, tells Jack Aldane his story of meeting (and smoking with) Martin Amis, his reflections on Amis's lifelong role as "media whipping boy", and why he chose to talk about 'Dead Babies', Amis's second novel published in 1975.

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Author, award-winning columnist and Editor at Large for The New European, Matt d'Ancona, tells the show's host Jack Aldane his story of discovering Martin Amis in the heady 1980s as one of a generation of what he calls "Fukuyama's Babies".

Matt choses passages to read from Amis's memoir 'Experience', published in 2000.

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In My Martin Amis, British journalist and host of The Booking Club podcast Jack Aldane talks to writers, critics and publicists who have something personal to say about the life and legacy of the last English novelist Martin Amis (1949-2023).

Join him as they tell the story of how they discovered Amis's prose, the book that made them a fan, and what the author taught them about life and literature

Subscribe now and listen to a new episode of My Martin Amis each month, wherever you get your podcasts. Stay up to date on Twitter with @mymartinamis and find out who will be Jack's first guest.

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